Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf (Developments in Plant Breeding)
Contributors: Andrew Hopkins (Editor); Zeng-Yu Wang (Editor); Rouf Mian (Editor); Mary Sledge (Editor); Reed E. Barker (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781402018671
Subjects: Crop husbandry; Molecular genetics; Congresses; Science/Mathematics; Turfgrasses; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics; Life Sciences - Botany; Forage plants; Agriculture - Agronomy; Science / Botany; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Breeding
First sentence: Most of the research funding for plant improvement in the United States has, historically, gone to the major commodity crops such as corn, wheat and soybean.